Jeremy Pressman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. He has written two books: Point of No Return: the Deadly Struggle for Middle East Peace (with Geoffrey Kemp; Brookings, 1997) and Warring Friends (Cornell, 2008). He is on twitter @djpressman and writes for Beacon Reader.

Hi, I was wondering if you could please explain to me about the second Intifada and how the PLO is involved, I am doing a school’s assignment for Modern History and I just cannot get my head around it.